In January 2025, Jan Goebbert focused on maintaining build health for the rstudio/rstudio repository, addressing compatibility issues with evolving Boost dependencies. He delivered a targeted bug fix in C++ by introducing an explicit boolean cast to a member variable, resolving a build-time error that surfaced with newer Boost versions. This change ensured correct boolean evaluation during compilation and improved CI stability by eliminating failures in the core build path. Jan also updated the project’s NEWS.md in Markdown to document the fix for downstream users. His work demonstrated depth in bug fixing, build systems, and adapting to shifting third-party libraries.